Terms of Service & API Policies

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account, generating an API key, or sending requests to any DataGuru API endpoint (including https://api.dataguru.cc/api/v1/*), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you are accepting on behalf of an organization or team, you represent and warrant that you have full authority to bind that entity.

2. Acceptable Use & Scraping Policy

DataGuru provides programmatic access to publicly accessible data. You agree NOT to use the service to:

• Collect non-public, personally identifiable medical, biometric, or classified data.
• Conduct Denial of Service (DoS) attacks or intentionally overload external target platforms.
• Circumvent configured rate limits, concurrency caps, or quota restrictions using unauthorized duplicate accounts.
• Resell or redistribute raw DataGuru API access as a competing scraping proxy without explicit written consent.
• Send unsolicited commercial email (spam) to email addresses obtained through DataGuru, or use DataGuru data in any way that violates CAN-SPAM, California Business & Professions Code §17529.4, or similar anti-spam and privacy laws.

3. API Key Security & Responsibilities

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your API keys. Any requests authenticated with your API credentials will be billed to your account and attributed to your usage limits.

4. Rate Limits, Pricing & Fair Use

API requests are debited against your available wallet balance according to per-endpoint rates, subject to standard per-second burst concurrency limits. If your wallet balance is exhausted or rate limits are exceeded, requests will receive appropriate HTTP status codes (402 Payment Required or 429 Too Many Requests). DataGuru reserves the right to throttle abusive traffic to ensure quality of service for all consumers.

5. Data Privacy & Request Logging

DataGuru records metadata for each request (timestamp, endpoint called, response status, latency, request ID) for the purpose of accurate usage billing and debugging in your Developer Portal. We do not inspect or sell your private search parameters or extracted data payloads.

6. Public Records Data & Removal Requests

Some DataGuru endpoints serve information compiled from publicly available sources, such as official licensing directories (for example, the State Bar of California attorney directory). This data is provided as-is, may be out of date, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the original source. You are responsible for verifying it before relying on it and for using it lawfully.

• You may not use personal information obtained through DataGuru for unsolicited commercial email, harassment, discrimination, or any unlawful purpose.
• Any outreach you make using this data must comply with applicable laws, including honoring opt-out requests.

If your information appears in a dataset served by DataGuru and you would like it removed, contact us at support@dataguru.cc with the subject “Data removal request”, your full name, and an identifier for the record (such as your bar number). We review every request and will confirm once it has been handled.

7. Service Level Agreement (SLA) & Warranty

While DataGuru strives for 99.99% service availability and resilient upstream scrapers, external third-party platforms may occasionally alter page layouts or experience localized downtime. We provide fast automated adapter updates but disclaim warranties for upstream website outages outside our direct control.

8. Termination & Cancellation

You may discontinue use or close your account at any time through the Developer Portal settings. Any remaining funded wallet balance remains subject to our standard account refund and security policies.